The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Don't ask a convalescent if he
would like this or that to eat and drink,
but prepare the delicacies and present
them in a tempting way.
-Ear'v, late and often. is the proper
rule to observed in the feeding Of
young poultry. Do not forget that
young chicks are infants.-Farm. Field
and Stocknan.
The farmer often fails of q market
because he does not get his prodre. in
proper shape for selling. He may
sometimes combine manufacturing
WITH agricultural production to his adj
vantage.
-Bannna Tarts.-Take a rich, red
banana and wrap in a thin fold of pie
crust, put into q brisk oven and bake
until the crust is brown and flakey. Eat
! with powdered sugar or lemon sauce
Boston Budget.
! Fine wood cabinets should be wiped
| out with soft cloth, the corners espec-
; tally may be brushed with a small hair
|: whisk. If the surface has been pol
ished and is grown dull with age or
use, a very little ~linseed-oil on a WOOL
en- rag may be used to go over it.
| Good Cheer.
Farmers would find it to their adj
vantage to corn mutton in a weak
brine for home consumption. The
hams car be smoked and used like
dried beef, or they can be boiled. The
corned mutton will be found an agree
able change from sausage and spare
rib.-CHrTstian at Work.
Beef Tea for Invalids: Take one
pound of juicy, lean beef and mince it.
Put it, with its juice, in an earthen
vessel, in one pint of tepid water. Let
it stand one hour. Slowly heat to boil
ing point. Let boil three minutes,
strain through a colander and stir in a
little salt.-Toledo Blade.
Before d~isposing of a cow be sure
she is not fully up to the standard. II
butter is the object it is not the COW
that gives the greater quantity of milk
that makes more and better butter
than the others. The quality of the
milk should be considered, as well as
the cost of the product in care and
feed.-Troy Times.
Jumbles: Rasp on some good sugar
the rinds of two lemons; dry, reduce it
to powder, and sift it with as much
more sugar as will make up a pound in
weight. Mix it with one pound OF
flour. four ~well-beaten eggs, and six
ounces of warm butter; drop the mix
ture on buttered tins, and bake the
ljumbles in a very slow oven from TWEEN
ty to thirty minutes. They should be
pale but perfectly crisp.-Demorest's
Monthly.
-When linen has turned yellow cut
up a pound of fine white soap into a
gallon of milk, and hang it wei a fire
in a wash-kettle. When the soap has
completely melted put in the linen and
boil it about half an hour, then take il
out. Have ready a lather of soap and
water, wash the linen in it, and then
rinse it through two cold waters, with
a very little blue in the last.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
"A correspondent of the Farmer adj.
vises farmers to try to feed all the
grain they can pay for. Then theil
lands will be constantly increasing in
fertility. He believes that feeding pigs
of good breeds will pay a good Interest
on the capital invested, even where al
the food is purchased, but when pig.
are fed largely on skinned milk, from
a dairy farm, the profits are really
liberal.
Dirt floors are always damp. The
warmth of the animals attracts mois
ture from below to a certain extent
Dirt is an excellent substance, but the
best results from its use are obtained
when it is scattered literally over
wooden floor. 1t is an excellent disin
fectant and absorbent, and therefore
p~urifies the stalls. The ground is no
a proper floor. There should Away
be some dry substance between the an
imal and the ground.-Troy Times.